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T h e To r c h The Of cial Newsletter of
Mu Lambda Chapter
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. June
200
The Executive Message: Another Generation Emerges Brother Rudolph Harris, PhD President, Mu Lambda Chapter “To everything there is aseason, and atime to every purpose under the heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. Thank you, Brothers of Mu Lambda for the spirit of brotherhood, the warmth and goodwill that you exempli ed during the time that Iserved as your
president. As expressed In the Holy Bible there is atime for every purpose and for every work. As we close out this fraternal year, we look forward with excitement as the new leadership team begins to strategize for the coming year. Irejoice as another generation emerges, for Ibelieve that we are all on the same page, moving together and hearing the same drummer.
As Itake stock of what we accomplished during my tenure, 1
believe some goals were reached and we fell short on some of
our endeavors. Amajor goal was to rekindle the sprit of brotherhood in our chapter. Ithink that we had success in accomplishing that goal as depicted in the seven Iam in the House of Alpha: Iam the eminent expression of friendship. Iam faithful to tne creed of companionship. Iam the castle of dreams-ambitious, successful, hopeful dreams. Iam the poetic
palace where human feeling is rhymed to celestial motives. Iam the treasury of good fellowship. Iam the college of friendship. Iam Alpha Phi Alpha. In terms of membership, the hemorrhagirig with regard to the loss of Brothers has subsided. We are now in agrowth phase with new Initiates and arobust reclamation program. We also pay homage to our Brothers who have been inducted into our Omega chapter. Our chapter has been strengthened by the addition of our newer Brothers. Ibelieve the Brothers that we have added to our
membership bring signi cant experiences and hopefully add structure and substance in our program areas.
Our chapter activities last year included aBlack &Gold
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Scholarship Gala that was top (continued on page 2)